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SFMNP Tech & Program Support for Seniors

July 19, 2025

9:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

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SFMNP Tech & Program Support for Seniors

July 26, 2025

9:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

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SFMNP Tech & Program Support for Seniors

August 2, 2025

9:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

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Ohio Department of Agriculture

Farmers Market Workshop

November 6, 2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

Ohio Department of Agriculture

Farmers Market Workshop

November 7, 2025

9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST

Trainings

Do you share our passion for developing, planning and executing great events? Click here to join our Programs Committee! 

Click on each training below for more information, or keep scrolling to browse them all.

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Farmers Market Vendor Fair

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Ohio Farmers Market Conferences

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Farmers Market Boot Camp

 
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Farmers Market Workshop

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Vendor 101

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Market Manager Certificate Program

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Regional Farmers Market Manager Calls

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Farmers Market Vendor Fair

The Farmers Market Vendor Fair is designed to connect farmers markets, their managers and vendors searching for direct-to-consumer opportunities to sell their products. Join the Ohio Farmers Market Network for this unique networking event. 

The 2025 Farmers Market Vendor Fair will be held on Friday, February 14 from 5-6:30 pm as part of the annual OEFFA Conference, and in conjunction with the “Exhibit Hall Happy Hour.” We are thrilled to be partnering with OEFFA on this event, and look forward to the greater opportunity it presents for both farmers markets and vendors. 

Looking for new vendors? This event will provide an opportunity for Ohio's farmers markets to share information, answer questions, even collect applications for the upcoming season. "Sell” your market and recruit new vendors! 

Looking for a new farmers market? Few vendors know just how many farmers markets exist throughout Ohio, or that they take place literally every day of the week. This is a chance for farmers and food entrepreneurs to find their best fit! Find out what makes a farmers market unique! Find out how many customers attend each day. Learn about events and services a farmers market offers. If you're a farmers market vendor looking for the right fit, you might just find it here!

Registration to the OEFFA conference is NOT required to participate in the Farmers Market Vendor Fair. However, farmers markets who would like to host a table to recruit and network with farmers and food entrepreneurs are required to register with Ohio Farmers Market Network. Space is limited and a registration fee of $25 ($40 for nonmembers) payable to OFMN is required to reserve your table. This fee will assist OFMN in covering the cost of beverages, materials and advertising. The Fair will be free for farmers market vendors looking for the right fit! 

If you are an Ohio farmers market and wish to reserve your table, click here to RSVP today! 

Questions? Contact us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org.

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Ohio Farmers Market Conferences

WE’RE ALL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The Ohio Farmers Market Network will host the 16th Ohio Farmers Market Conference on March 6-7, 2025.

The Ohio Farmers Market Network (OFMN) will host our 16th Ohio Farmers Market Conference, We’re All Keynote Speakers; Celebrating the Value in All of Us on March 6 and 7, 2025 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 

OFMN events provide education and professional development opportunities for those who serve their community, as well as current and relevant issues facing farmers markets in Ohio. They provide an opportunity to learn, refresh and renew our connection to our markets and one another.

This year’s conference will include workshops, presentations and panel discussions designed to improve and enhance Ohio’s farmers markets.

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In addition to the educational opportunities, the conference will host a series of networking and selfcare activities including: 

  • Show & Tell
  • Office-style yoga 
  • Conference “after hours” 
  • Attendee bingo 
  • Networking dinner

Will you join us? We hope so! Our planning committee and our partners are working hard to bring you an exceptional conference unlike all others we’ve hosted. In the meantime, please contact us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org with questions or comments.

Registration is $150 per person and includes all presentation materials, lunch, beverages and snacks. If you are a member of the Ohio Farmers Market Network, you will receive a discount code to save $25 per person on registration. 

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Boot Camp

Just hired? Just elected? Join us virtually for the 2025 Farmers Market “Boot Camp” on Thursday, March 13 and Thursday, March 20 from 12-3 PM.

We’ll take you behind the Information Booth to learn about core operational requirements, tools, and tips from seasoned market managers. We’ll also help make sense of the alphabet soup of acronyms for licenses, permits, food access programs, and essential infrastructure. Perhaps best of all you’ll connect with other new (and returning) managers and board members from six states who share your passion and unique new job. For volunteers, community members, or vendors who are joining the Farmers Market Board of Directors, we help you to understand what it takes to run a farmers market!

In addition, OFMN will host "State Day" for Ohio participants during our annual Ohio Farmers Market Conference on Friday, March 7 starting at 10:30 AM. Sessions will focus on:

  • Food safety
  • Cottage Food Law
  • Product labeling
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
  • Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) 
  • Women, Infants, Children Farmers Market Nutrition Program (WIC FMNP)
  • Produce Perks

Learn where to go for information and who to contact at key agencies in Ohio, such as the Department of Agriculture and Produce Perks. Learn who can help with SNAP, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) and more!

Members of the Ohio Farmers Market Network will receive a $50 discount on their registration made possible by USDA AMS FMPP grant 24FMPPWA1211. Email us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org for more details. 

Farmers Market Boot Camp is a training program created and managed by the Washington State Farmers Market Association (WSFMA). OFMN works in partnership with WSFMA to provide this opportunity to Ohio’s farmers markets, their boards, staff and volunteers. As such, March 13th and 20th are not recorded, and live participation is required, but Ohio specific “State Days” are recorded and will be available through a shared google folder.

Questions? Contact us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org. Otherwise, click here to register today! 

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Farmers Market Workshop

The Ohio Farmers Market Network (OFMN) will host Rest, Restore, (P)repair a workshop for Ohio’s farmers markets Monday, November 18, 2024 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

OFMN events provide education and professional development opportunities for those who serve their community, as well as current and relevant issues facing farmers markets in Ohio. This new workshop will focus on year-end tasks that are imperative to proper evaluation and planning for the months and years ahead. Each session will include information and resource sharing, but more importantly, time to draft (if not complete) a plan in the company of farmers market leaders and experienced entrepreneurs. As always, OFMN provides an opportunity to learn, refresh and renew our connection to our markets and one another.

Topics for discussion during this workshop include:

  • Farmers Market Evaluation
  • Board of Directors and Advisory Boards
  • Sponsorship and Fundraising
  • Vendor Orientation
  • Newsletters

Will you join us? We hope so! Our planning committee is working hard to bring you an exceptional workshop unlike all others we’ve hosted. In the meantime, please contact us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org with questions or comments.

Registration is $100 per person and includes all presentation materials, lunch, beverages and snacks. If you are a member of the Ohio Farmers Market Network, you will receive a discount code to save $25 per person on registration.

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Vendor 101: Education and How-To For Ohio’s Farmers Market Vendors

The Ohio Farmers Market Conferences focus on the education and professional development of those who serve their community, and current and relevant issues facing farmers markets and food producers in Ohio. Through the conference, OFMN provides an opportunity to learn, refresh and renew our connection to our markets and one another.

Past conferences include: 

  • Farmers Markets and the Vendors Who Power Them
  • Planting Seeds: Preparing Your Market for Growth 
  • Farmers Markets Are Essential 
  • What’s Up With Farmers Markets?

With sessions such as: 

  • Food Safety and Labeling 
  • Social Media: Moving Your Online Customers to the Farmers Market
  • Programs That Make an Impact
  • Help Me, Help You: Problem Solving Together
  • Communicate Value with Data
  • Label It, But Don't Make Claims You Shouldn't
  • Working with Interns
  • And so much more!

Our planning committee works hard to bring you an exceptional conference. We hope you’ll join us! 

Mark your calendar for our upcoming conferences - you won’t want to miss them! 

  • April 2, 2024 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio
  • November 7, 2024
  • March 6-7, 2025
  • November 6-7, 2025

Questions? Contact us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org.

Regional Farmers Market Manager Calls

Our work strengthens farmers markets throughout Ohio, but has a greater impact where markets collaborate with one another, their farmers and food producers, and stakeholders within their communities. As such, the Ohio Farmers Market Network hosts regional meetings and moderates a list-serv for each region.

At this time, OFMN hosts once monthly, one-hour zoom calls in Central, Southwest and Northeast regions for farmers market managers. These calls provide managers the opportunity to network with fellow managers, ask questions, offer support and cheerlead for local food. 

Current Schedule:

  • Central Ohio - 2nd Monday of the month from 10-11 AM 
  • Southwest Ohio - 4th Tuesday of the month from 10:30-11:30 AM
  • Northeast Ohio - TBD

Questions? Contact us at hello@ohiofarmersmarketnetwork.org.

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Are you interested in being a presenter?

Market managers and farmers market vendors wear many hats - marketing director, human resources manager, chief financial officer, farmer, jam maker, event planner, advocate, therapist...the list goes on and on, and the variety of tasks vary widely. Our presentations should reflect the diverse nature of roles and responsibilities that farmers market managers and vendors are tasked with.

We're always looking for dynamic presenters involved in farmers markets, local food and farming, and/or small business to share their expertise and passion during conferences and training events. 

So, do you have a topic you’d like to share? Before submitting your proposal, please review the following terms and conditions.

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